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Show Ten Days Were Killed In Calendar Change Many things have been suppressed in this world, but the strangest was act of Pope Gregory III when he suppressed 10 days in 1852 by ordering or-dering that October 5 be called October Oc-tober 15. It came about like this. January 1 was designated to be New Year's day when Julius Caesar established the Julian calendar in 46 B.C.. However, How-ever, the calendar year thus established estab-lished was 11 minutes longer than the astronomical year. For this reason the Pope ordered the 10 days suppressed. England and its colonies, however, did not adopt the Julian calendar until 1752. For almost three centuries cen-turies New Year's was celebrated twice every year both times or January I. But New Year's isn't always New Year's day even in these modern times. The actual date varies, among the Egyptians, Chinese, Jews, Romans and Mohammedans from September 6 to March 1. |